Four dead and two injured after wrong-way crash near Airport Freeway
In a Saturday night crash in a Fort Worth suburb, a man drove a truck on the wrong side of Airport Freeway, colliding with several vehicles. Four people died and two were injured. one was airlifted to Harris Methodist Fort Worth hospital. Authorities have not released names or conditions, and alcohol involvement remains unclear.
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Airport
Fort Worth
Ron Williamson
Euless
Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital
Life sentence for Houston man in 1999 landlord killing
Richard Patz, 21, was convicted in the November 1999 murder of 70 year old James Leo Roberts and received life in prison without death penalty. Roberts' body was found December 26, 1999. Patz’s girlfriend Betsy Helm, 21, faces capital murder charges in a separate case.
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Houston
Richard Patz
Denise Collins
James Leo Roberts
Imogene Florence
Kilgore
Roberts
Patz
Betsy Ann Helm
Helm
Joni Vollman
Don Cantrell
Rick Patz
Cantrell
Collins
Randolph A. McDonald
Mexican bus crash kills 11 near Oaxaca coast
A tour bus carrying oil workers and families to Santa Cruz Huatulco collided with a truck on a rural Oaxaca highway. Eleven died and at least fourteen were injured. driver blamed for speeding as victims were taken to Salina Cruz hospital, with six in critical condition.
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Mexico
Petroleos Mexicanos
Salina Cruz
Santa Cruz Huatulco
Oaxaca State
Mexico City
Antonio Carranza
Santo Domingo Tehuantepec
Carranza
Notimex
NASA and TTU Plan Water Recycling Pilot in Colonias
NASA scientist Donald Henninger and TTU civil engineer Andrew Jackson presented a pilot project to adapt space shuttle wastewater recycling technology for Green Valley Farms colonias near San Benito. The plan would create septic systems to recycle water for landscaping and possibly drinking water, with the Texas Water Foundation board hearing details at a meeting hosted by Texas Southmost College.
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NASA
Texas Tech University
Colonias
Colonia
Green Valley
San Benito
Donald L. Henninger
TTU
Andrew Jackson
Texas Water Foundation Board of Directors
Texas At Brownsville
T Southmost College
Ae Water
Man Arrested in Connection With Serial Rapes Across Four Cities
Manuel Salamanca Jr. of Cleburne was arrested in Arlington on $800,000 bond after a neighbor spotted him near a residence. Police linked a knife, gloves, and a stolen driver license to assaults in Arlington, Cleburne, Burleson, and Benbrook and recovered victim items at his home. Investigators say the series began in August 1996 with the latest rape in March in Cleburne.
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Associated Press
Arlington
Manuel Salamanca Jr
Cleburne
Burleson
Benbrook
Texas Rangers
La Marque ISD honors 84 staff at annual service breakfast
La Marque ISD recognized 84 employees and retirees at the Annual Employee Service Breakfast. Awards covered 5 to 42 years of service, with retirees and Teachers of the Year announced, including Amanda Douglas and Bernie Smiley as district Teachers of the Year.
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la Marque Isd
Orvis ‘Boone
Cheryl Culp
Roy Dixon
Carrie Holt
Reela Hudgins-Smart
Bill Noland
Linda Alcala
Margaret Pringle
Virginia
Cathy Janecka
Doris Jones
Paul Winn
Kenward Woodfox
LA Marque
la Marque Independent
Cathy Andrews
Myra Bailey
Angela Baker
Kathy Barnett
Judy Brewer
Bettye Drummond
Vanda Ducre
Raymond Gamble
Maria Gatica
Jerri Glenn
Annie Jackson
Rachel Martinez Mayorga
Theresa McGowan
Marcia McMahon
Demetra Montegut
Thomas O'Neil
Anita Osberry
Carry Roberts
Nancy Scott
Lonnie Senegal
Newt Simpson
Bernie Smiley
Richard Stevenson
Melissa Tortorici
Sherry Velasquez
Patrice Woolridge
Linda Garcia
Janet Guice
Robert Judson
Brenda Mullins
Susan Rodgers
Carol Terrell
Eileen Townsend
Carolyn Veiga
Larry Walker
Russel Washington
Hazel Allen
Linda Alonzo
Maleia Brooks
Kelly Hazen
Charlene Hill
Kim Ivy
Perry Johnson
Curtis Jones
Harriet Macik
Jo Ann McNeill
Jacqueline Perkins
William Randall
Beth Wesley
Geraldine Milam
Charmaine Perrilloux
Harrilyn McMillan
Barbara Trahan
Sue Dibrell
Robert Gindratt
Paul Knapp
Jo Ann Stringfellow
Virginia Yeary
Leon Carr
Dorothy Washington
Marque Isd
Orvis Boone
Reela Hudgins- Smart
Amanda Douglas
Inter-City
Michael Fontaine
Rhonda Haley-Burke
Highlands
Westlawn
Geraldine Sam
Simms
Tyra Stemnley
Lake Road
Douglas
Smiley
White House ordered to produce Enron documents
About 2000 executive office staff were given one week to find all official records of conversations or contacts with Enron employees. Alberto Gonzales issued a memo demanding a reasonable search as part of the Senate Enron investigation. Subpoenas were issued to Bush and Cheney offices to turn over documents by noon. Lieberman said material fell short of subpoenas, while White House spokeswoman Leslie Phillips said progress was being made.
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Washington
Bush
Enron
Lberto Gonzales
White House
Senate
Governmental Affairs Committee
Enron Corp
Dick Cheney
Bush Administration
Cheney
Joseph Lieberman
D-Conn
Leslie Phillips
Jarrell Tornado Memorial Parks The Town’s Recovery Story
In Jarrell Texas residents cope five years after a May 27 1997 F five tornado killed 27 and leveled the Double Creek Estates. A municipal memorial park now marks the spot as swings sway and a shelter stands underground. Rebuilding drew SBA loans totaling nearly 3 million and more than 1.5 million in donations from groups and individuals including Bill Bates. Amish and Mennonite carpenters aided construction and new tornado resistant homes rose from the wreckage.
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Associated Press
Jarrell
Dorothy Jones
Texas
Jones
Igo
Larry
Joan
Audrey
John
Paul
Nature
Austin
Double Creek Estates
Baylor University
Jarrell High School
Max Johnson
First Baptist Church
Johnson
Small Business Administration
Dallas
Bill Bates
Wisconsin
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